In mid-October, Rolls-Royce’s plans for a nuclear reactor in Snowdonia moved a step closer to becoming reality. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority agreed a memorandum of understanding with Welsh Government development vehicle Cwmni Egino to support the proposed project in Trawsfynydd. Rolls-Royce had previously said that the site in North Wales – currently home to a Magnox plant that closed in the 1990s – was a candidate to host the first of its planned small nuclear reactors.